Africa

A court in Tunisia has sentenced 41 jihadists to death
for planning and orchestrating an attack that killed 15 soldiers in the country’s
border with Algeria in 2014. Despite only two of the sentenced being in custody, the other 39 have been at large and a
manhunt has been launched both for the attack and recent links to ISIS
operating in the country and the region at large.

The gun and rocket launcher assault on army positions
in July 2014 left 15 troops dead in the Mount Chaambi area of the western
Kasserine region that remains a hideout for extremists. The attack was the
deadliest ever against the country’s army.

Tunisian armed forces have for the past six years
carried out operations to track down wanted extremists in the area, which was
declared a closed military zone in 2014. Okba Ibn Nafaa, a Tunisia-based
division of Al-Qaeda, is also present in the area. Also, recent intelligence
reports indicate a rise in ISIS presence in the region as well as other North African nation as the major group is
driven out of and defeated in Iraq and Syria.

In support of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. continues to conduct airstrikes targeting Al-Shabaab terrorists. In yet other airstrikes conducted on January 7, 2019, in the Baqdaad, Somalia, the…

Jubbaland forces announced that it will continue with an onslaught against the Al-Qaeda branch in Somalia without involving other international partners in the mission. According to Jubaland State President Ahmed…